Solidarity between Japanese and Turkish

Children after the Tsunami disaster

BRIDGE OF BROTHERHOOD

and LOVE

GEA is a Volunteer Turkish Search and Rescue Team

HAITI

HAITI

TURKEY

PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE

INDIA FLOOD

SRI LANKA

INDIA EARTHQUAKE

INDONESIA EARTHQUAKE

11 March 2011

Tohoku Earthquake & Tsunami Disaster

Children have also lost their letters, photos, toys and happy memories

We ask ourselves.What can we offer to Japanese children?

We can build a Bridge of love and brotherhood

between children, HOW?

First, GEA organised drawing competition between primary school students in Marmara region.

2300 pictures were selected

We designed some postcards with these drawings…

Postcards were distributed by GEA and AFAD volunteers to 28,000 students

21,500 postcards were selected

21,500 postcards were translated

one-by-one into Japanese by 850 volunteer translators.

After translation process all post cards were checked one more time, and distributed again to translators

21.500 postcard distributed for the volunteer

translator. Each postcard checked 3 times.

2500 Small handmade toys were

prepared by GEA-SAR volunteers.

We prepared magician shows for Japanese

Children

GEA Team members prepared songs and games.

Video clip broadcasted on TV and also distributed to Japanese Children

21500 Postcards,3500 CDs with video clip2300 Paintings,2500 Handmade Toys,1000 Handmade Bridge of Love T-shirtsprepared, packed and sent to Japan..

24 August 2011 – Meeting with Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, Mr. Hisashi TOKUNAGA

29 August 2011 Meeting with Ministry of

Education of Japan

Bridge of Love Exhibition at Tokyo Shibuya Municipality.

19 GEA volunteers on the road for Sendai Iwate and Miyagi

We were singing Turkish and Japanese songs for them.

We shared Turkish Children’s messages of love and support to Japanese children.

Played Traditional

Turkish Games

…and more games

…and more songs

had a lot of fun together

We have visited the schools in the region

Bringing postcards to the mayors and the leaders of local NGOs in disaster affected area.

Japanese Children respond to Turkish children when they have recieved the postcards

73 painter850 translator480 GEA Team Volunteerput thousands of hours and their heart and their soul

49.502 hearts and souls met on bridge of brotherhood-love project.

Support may come in different forms.It is not always money or goods. But more about love, human touch and

SOLIDARITY

What you have shared is important but How you share is more valuable

TO BE CONTINUED

Arigato Gozaimasta!Thank You!